Walis Buni Monument

A monument at the grave of Walis Buni (瓦歷斯·布尼), last chief of Paran (巴蘭社), the most powerful Seediq community around Wushe (霧社) at the outset of Japanese rule, in the Gaofeng (高峰) area of Ren’ai, Nantou. Having led the resistance at Renzhiguan in 1902, he later advocated coexistence with the Japanese, kept Paran neutral during the Wushe Incident of 1930, and negotiated the survival of the 514 people who surrendered from the six rebelling communities, who were then relocated to Kawanakajima (川中島), now Qingliu (清流). The colonial government erected a monument after his death, and in 2013 Ren’ai Township began rebuilding the long-neglected grave as a memorial cemetery with funding from the Council of Indigenous Peoples.